Woody Hayes Quotes

Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.

Anything worth having is worth working for.

Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.

Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

There is nothing that comes without working for it.

Anything worth having has its price.

Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.

If it were easy, it would have no value.

Few of us get anything without working for it.

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.

It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.

Difficult things aren't easy, but they're worth it.

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

There is a price to pay for accomplishment.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

Nothing of value is ever won without sacrifice.

I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned.

Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.

Make no mistake about it: nobody gives you nothing for nothing. You have to work hard to get what you want.